WENT Africa Training on Digital Storytelling August 24, 2007

“It’s in the telling of our stories that we discover how much of our experiences and learning we have in common with others. Stories make our connection with others and with the world real. They weave together our individual experiences to reveal a picture of a community, a group and a country.”

Women who document, record and write about women in violent situations are at the front line of recording stories but do not have the time and space to reflect, understand and tell their own stories, share their responses, understandings and experiences about their work.
Very little information on the internet reflects the lived realities of women living and working in Africa. This year's Women's Electronic Network Training will focus on Digital Storytelling and is open to women who document (as content developers, librarians, archivists, journalists, mediators, translators, information activists etc.) the lives of women affected by violence in Africa.

The workshop, offered by APC Africa Women in partnership with Women'sNet aims to:
* create content by and for women
* develop the ICT skills and capacity of women
* strengthen organisations and enable women to share and network amongst each other.

Participants will develop short videos reflecting their experiences as women documenters, and how they are affected and transformed. An important component of this workshop is to examine the power dimensions of story telling and how we retain the authenticity of our own voice, as well as the voices of the people who’s stories we document, preserve or disseminate.

Official Website: http://www.apcwomen.org/news/index.shtml?x=95323